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Planet Earth and the public On Youtube, people have been commenting on the new Prince song "Guitar."
It seems in the past 2-3 years, people's perceptions on Prince are changing. There are many comments about the song being "great," "sick," "beastly," "his best song ever," etc. However, as everything Prince does, his hardcore fans either hate or love it. Objectively, you've got to admit that his career resurrection is quite good. Back in 2001 when "The Rainbow Children" came out, it sold what, 70,000 copies and nobody but us hardcore fans cared. Ever since 2004, he's been a lot more respected. Sold out concerts, 2 hit albums. It's pretty impressive for someone who changed their name to a symbol and was irrelevant to most during 1994-2003. A fan since '91... got D&P CD at the Supermarket 
thought the 0(+> album rocked was blown away by the Hits/B Sides listened to the bootlegs of Come/Gold sessions religiously And Prince is still selling out arenas and releasing new albums. Thumbs up, man! "Don't you think one of the charms of marriage is that it makes deception a necessity for both parties?" | |
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Also consider he has sold 400,000 concert tickets in the UK and sold over 140,000 tickets in 20 minutes for the first dates announced.
All 15 dates were sold-out in a matter of hours. Concert-wise he was not this popular at his European-peak in 1992-3. Actually, Prince is more popular in the UK now concert-wise, than he has perhaps ever been. It is incredible, but well-deserved. | |
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OperatingThetan said: Also consider he has sold 400,000 concert tickets in the UK and sold over 140,000 tickets in 20 minutes for the first dates announced.
All 15 dates were sold-out in a matter of hours. Concert-wise he was not this popular at his European-peak in 1992-3. Actually, Prince is more popular in the UK now concert-wise, than he has perhaps ever been. It is incredible, but well-deserved. But how? The US had the huge Musicology tour, followed by a solid 3121 album. What made the UK public want to see Prince again? Was the Super Bowl that incredible? "Don't you think one of the charms of marriage is that it makes deception a necessity for both parties?" | |
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OperatingThetan said: Prince is more popular in the UK now concert-wise, than he has perhaps ever been.
Yeah, but back then he was touring Europe almost every year - 1986,87,88,90,92,93,95,98... He hasn't done a solid tour there since 2002, and even that was a small theatre tour. I think people are worried if they don't see him now, they might have to wait another 5 years! Anyway, back to the topic: Prince's "resurection" really started with The Rainbow Children album I think, and has steadily improved since then. Regardless of what some may think of the lyrics, musically it got away from the 'plastic' sound he had been using in the late 1990s and he finally got a great band up and running again (his best since the 1993-95 NPG). Since then, it's all been up hill (in terms of his popularity/status). [Edited 6/17/07 4:47am] Toejam @ Peach & Black Podcast: http://peachandblack.podbean.com
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toejam said: OperatingThetan said: Prince is more popular in the UK now concert-wise, than he has perhaps ever been.
Yeah, but back then he was touring Europe almost every year - 1986,87,88,90,92,93,95,98... [Edited 6/17/07 4:47am] you missed out The Love4oneanother tour (1996/7) and Jam Of The Year world tour (97/8) | |
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RumAndRaisin said: toejam said: Yeah, but back then he was touring Europe almost every year - 1986,87,88,90,92,93,95,98... [Edited 6/17/07 4:47am] you missed out The Love4oneanother tour (1996/7) and Jam Of The Year world tour (97/8) The Love4oneanother and Jam Of The Year tours never made it to Europe... only the New Power Soul tour in 1998 (but all three were essentially the same tour, musically). Toejam @ Peach & Black Podcast: http://peachandblack.podbean.com
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toejam said: RumAndRaisin said: you missed out The Love4oneanother tour (1996/7) and Jam Of The Year world tour (97/8) The Love4oneanother and Jam Of The Year tours never made it to Europe... only the New Power Soul tour in 1998 (but all three were essentially the same tour, musically). oh yeah | |
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Didnt he tour back in 02 or was that a one off at Brixton? | |
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oldpurple said: Didnt he tour back in 02 or was that a one off at Brixton?
Well, he toured Europe in 2002 with the One Nite Alone tour... But he didn't play Brixton. He played 3 shows at Carling Hammersmith Apollo in London, an aftershow at The New Marquee, and 2 shows in Manchester. I don't think he's played Brixton since 1998. [Edited 6/17/07 5:36am] Toejam @ Peach & Black Podcast: http://peachandblack.podbean.com
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toejam said: oldpurple said: Didnt he tour back in 02 or was that a one off at Brixton?
Well, he toured Europe in 2002 with the One Nite Alone tour... But he didn't play Brixton. He played 3 shows at Carling Hammersmith Apollo in London, an aftershow at The New Marquee, and 2 shows in Manchester. I don't think he's played Brixton since 1998. [Edited 6/17/07 5:36am] my bad yep that was 98 couldnt remember if it was Brixton or Hammersmith (i went to both) | |
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I would like for more people (not just us) to take him more seriously.
"has-been" has come to mind... and people who knew of him in the past think of him as weird... and they still probably think that (and they've had kids who have developed that same bias)... but I think a fear of his "weirdness" will always be there... so why did I bother? I hope that Planet Earth pans out for him, not just among the public, but among us as well. I listened to 3121 yesterday (I had little other choices cuz my mom & sister were my company in the car) and I saw the unique taste I had for its lyrics and modern music. It's a good chance of pace, newer sounding than Musicology... but I like its vibe of maturity & sophistication. Kinda reminds u how old Prince is and how far he's come. So 3121 isn't a total loss... but I hope that Planet Earth is perceived better than 3121 was... meaning that more people here like it than hate it. had 2 run away... pride was 2 strong. It started raining, baby, the birds were gone | |
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i think you've made all this up.
who is even talking about guitar? and how do you know the general consensus? did you and AP work on a poll together?  Space for sale... | |
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sosgemini said: i think you've made all this up.
who is even talking about guitar? and how do you know the general consensus? did you and AP work on a poll together? While it lasts... http://www.youtube.com/wa...TNspukqrBk "thee best song by prince eva!" raves wilwal54022! "DIZ SONG ROX!!!!!" says mindfreak10210 Etc.! "I would say that Prince's top thirty percent is great. Of that thirty percent, I'll bet the public has heard twenty percent of it." - Susan Rogers, "Hunting for Prince's Vault", BBC, 2015 |
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CandaceS said: sosgemini said: i think you've made all this up.
who is even talking about guitar? and how do you know the general consensus? did you and AP work on a poll together? While it lasts... http://www.youtube.com/wa...TNspukqrBk "thee best song by prince eva!" raves wilwal54022! "DIZ SONG ROX!!!!!" says mindfreak10210 Etc.! oh yeah, cause the net is the barometer of the world we live in: 
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^^^  "I would say that Prince's top thirty percent is great. Of that thirty percent, I'll bet the public has heard twenty percent of it." - Susan Rogers, "Hunting for Prince's Vault", BBC, 2015 |
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OperatingThetan said: Also consider he has sold 400,000 concert tickets in the UK and sold over 140,000 tickets in 20 minutes for the first dates announced.
All 15 dates were sold-out in a matter of hours. Concert-wise he was not this popular at his European-peak in 1992-3. Actually, Prince is more popular in the UK now concert-wise, than he has perhaps ever been. It is incredible, but well-deserved. I was just thinking that the other day. He has evolved into arguably the greatest live act in the world. I'm not in the biggest Prince market by any means; but I saw him on the Lovesexy tour and he didn't sell out the arena. I've got a guitar that can part the sea. | |
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He should push it harder as a single... maybe? Sell it to the next big movie? My art book: http://www.lulu.com/spotl...ecomicskid
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Who cares what the "youtubers" think!  | |
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ufoclub said: He should push it harder as a single... maybe? Sell it to the next big movie?
or Victoria Mars? Space for sale... | |
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